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Evening Newscast 03-22-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Evening Newscast 03-22-18

Four Republican candidates competing for the chance to take on incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jon Tester this fall are meeting for the first time in a debate at 7 o’clock tonight in Bozeman.

Idaho officials have started the process of opening a grizzly bear hunting season this fall that would allow the killing of one male grizzly.

Montana's Republican Senator Steve Daines said yesterday there's good news for the Treasure State in the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that the House passed earlier today and that’s expected to pass the Senate. 

Authorities say a sheriff's deputy in western Montana resigned last month following misconduct with two women.

A Cascade County jury determined today that Benefis Health System in Great Falls is not liable for the brain injury a Belt High School student suffered in a 2014 football game.

Caseworkers in Montana’s foster care system are now receiving additional training and consultation on their work with extreme childhood trauma.

The American Prairie Reserve has asked for permission from the Bureau of Land Management to expand bison grazing on public lands in several north-central-Montana counties.

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